3.5 stars for the whole anthologyBeauty and the Brute by Virginia Henley - 3 starsI know that in 1719 it probably wasn't unusual for 13 year old girls to be married off to 18 year old boys by their parents but I'm not a big fan of reading about such young heroines in adult romance novels. Our main ...

*This review is based on a copy of the book I won through Goodreads FirstReads Giveaways.* I've had the hardest time deciding how to rate this book. In the only other anthology I read, I rated each story individually, then used the average for the book overall. However I find that if I do that t...

"Beauty and the Brute" by Virginia Henley ***Not really my cuppa. 13 year old (rather plain) girl and 18 year old (rather asshatty) boy are forced to marry in an arranged marriage that is to be "a marriage in name only", then she's to go to finishing school and he's to go on a Grand Tour of the Con...

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